Bone Marrow Diagnosis: An Illustrated Guide

Bone Marrow Diagnosis is an essential resource for all those who need to report bone marrow trephine biopsies. The text is succinct and concentrates on the core information necessary to make an accurate diagnosis. Each diagnostic entity is accompanied by high quality images which show typical and more unusual examples of histological features. This new edition has been completely revised and updated throughout and includes many new images including conditions not illustrated in the first edition.

A simply written and well-illustrated text for the busy diagnostician

• Every section comprehensively revised by international team of authors
• Over 900 high quality colour images to accompany each diagnostic entity
• Coverage of cytology in sections relating to myeloid dysplasias and acute leukemias
• Incorporates new WHO classification of lymphomas and leukemias
• Author team expanded to include experts from Stanford University, California

Bone Marrow Diagnosis is an essential resource for all those who need to report bone marrow trephine biopsies. The text is succinct and concentrates on the core information necessary to make an accurate diagnosis. Each diagnostic entity is accompanied by high quality images which show typical and more unusual examples of histological features. This new edition has been completely revised and updated throughout and includes many new images including conditions not illustrated in the first edition.

A simply written and well-illustrated text for the busy diagnostician

• Every section comprehensively revised by international team of authors
  
• Over 900 high quality colour images to accompany each diagnostic entity
  
• Coverage of cytology in sections relating to myeloid dysplasias and acute leukemias
  
• Incorporates new WHO classification of lymphomas and leukemias
  
• Author team expanded to include experts from Stanford University, California

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Valerie L. Ng, PhD MD(Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital)
Description:This is the second edition of an illustrated atlas of diagnostic bone marrow morphologies. The first edition was published in 1997.
Purpose:The main purpose of this edition was to update the original version. Noteworthy is the replacement of the original authors (Gatter and Brown) with authors from the renowned department of pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. The original objective was to provide a handy yet comprehensive atlas of bone marrow abnormalities for reference by practicing pathologists for quick and accurate diagnoses. These admirable goals are mostly met in this edition.
Audience:This book is ideal for the practicing pathologist, generalist or specialist. Clinical laboratory scientists working in the hematology area of the clinical, histology or immunostaining laboratory might also like learning how their efforts contribute to overall diagnosis. Finally, any physician (student or in practice) interested in learning more about bone marrow diagnosis would enjoy this book.
Features:This hardcover book is only about 1/2 inch thick, yet it contains an abundance of information within its 215 pages. The photomicrographs are absolutely gorgeous. Faithful color reproduction and clear crisp images are important in these types of atlases, and the authors have met these requirements and have captured these images very well. There are also plenty of photomicrographs, nicely illustrating the various diseases under discussion. Since this is an atlas, the accompanying text is relatively limited, but an adequate sampling of references is listed for the more curious reader. I only have two very minor quibbles with this book. The first is the omission of parvovirus in the chapter on anemias, a rather glaring omission given the striking appearance of the infected giant pronormoblasts in the bone marrow. The second is my usual lament that the peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirate findings are neither represented nor incorporated here. I am of the school of thought that the best diagnosis of bone marrow pathology integrates and incorporates all of the findings in the bone marrow biopsy, peripheral blood, and bone marrow aspirate. In this regard, I would favor the more comprehensive all-inclusive hematopathology atlases already on the market (Foucar, Bone Marrow Pathology, 2nd edition, (American Society for Clinical Pathology Press, 2000), Kjeldsberg, Practical Diagnosis of Hematologic Disorders, 4th edition (American Society for Clinical Pathology Press, 2006), or Farhi, Pathology of Bone Marrow and Blood Cells (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004)) over this atlas.
Assessment:This book would be a useful addition to your hematopathology bookshelf.

David Brown, Department of Histopathology, Whittington Hospital, London, UK

Kevin Gatter, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Yasodha Natkunam, Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA

Roger Warnke, Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA